Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective #3

by I.A. Watson, Aaron Smith, Joshua Reynolds

THE BAKER STREET SLEUTH RETURNS Airship 27 Productionsis delighted to announce the next chapter in their best selling series with Volume III of "Sherlock Holmes - Consulting Detective" and present a brand new quintet of terrific, classic Holmes mysteries written in the tradition of his creator; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Five brand new puzzles to challenge the Great Detective and his ever loyal companion, Dr.Watson. Within these pages they will encounter mythological fairies seeming to plague a beautiful country estate, man-eating tigers on the loose in the streets of London and a stolen museum mummy. These are only some of the mysteries awaiting the famous crime solving duo as penned by today's most gifted writers; Aaron Smith, I.A. Watson, Joshua Reynolds and Andrew Salmon. Both Salmon & Watson having won the prestigious Pulp Factory Award for their earlier Holmes tales in volumes one and two respectively. Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to be continuing this extremely popular series which Sherlock Holmes fans around the globe have made an overwhelming success. Volume III features a wonderful new cover painting by Brian McCulloch plus eleven interior illustrations by the book's designer, Rob Davis, another Pulp Factor Award winner for his work on volume one. So load your revolvers, hail a hansom and prepare yourself for page turning thrills aplenty. Once again, the game is afoot!"

180 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

Reviews

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlike the other productions from Airship 27, where we come across swashbuckling heroes like Sinbad (& company), pulp-era figures like Green Ghost & Crimson Mask, or noir figures like Brother Bones, the “Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective” series stands apart. Not only does it use an instantly recognizable persona for story-telling. Even amongst the tide of Sherlockian pastiches in the market, the stories part of these anthologies are very well grounded in Doyle’s London, and are very-very readable.
The collection under review, which is the third such anthology from Airship 27 (with a reprehensibly bad cover), contains, apart from Ron Fortier’s ‘Afterword’ and the story-notes produced by the authors, following stories:
1. ‘The Lucky Leprechaun’ by I.A. Watson
2. ‘The Adventure of the Mummy’s Rib’ by Aaron Smith
3. ‘The Singular Affair of the Sultan’s Tiger’ by Joshua Reynolds
4. ‘The Adventure of the Injured Inspector’ by Aaron Smith
5. ‘The Adventure of the Towne Manor Haunting’ by Andrew Salmon
While all the stories are quite good, Josh Reynolds’ story is singular for another reason as well, since it tantalisingly suggests the rise of a new antagonist in the world of Holmes. But I really shouldn’t place the cart before the horses, and should stop here with a simple request for you, to get hold of the collection.
Highly Recommended.

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlike the other productions from Airship 27, where we come across swashbuckling heroes like Sinbad (& company), pulp-era figures like Green Ghost & Crimson Mask, or noir figures like Brother Bones, the “Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective” series stands apart not only because it uses an instantly recognizable persona for story-telling, but also because even amidst the tide of Sherlockian pastiches in the market, the stories part of these anthologies are very well grounded in Doyle’s London, and are very-very readable. The collection under review, which is the third such anthology from Airship 27 (with a reprehensibly bad cover), contains, apart from Ron Fortier’s ‘Afterword’ and the story-notes produced by the authors, following stories:

1. ‘The Lucky Leprechaun’ by I.A. Watson
2. ‘The Adventure of the Mummy’s Rib’ by Aaron Smith
3. ‘The Singular Affair of the Sultan’s Tiger’ by Joshua Reynolds
4. ‘The Adventure of the Injured Inspector’ by Aaron Smith
5. ‘The Adventure of the Towne Manor Haunting’ by Andrew Salmon

While all the stories are quite good, Josh Reynolds’ story is singular for another reason as well, since it tantalisingly suggests the rise of a new antagonist in the world of Holmes. But I really shouldn’t place the cart before the horses, and should stop here with a simple request for you, to get hold of the collection.

Highly Recommended.

[I A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice collection of old-school Holmesiana to ease the heart of anyone who is starved of post-Canon stuff that rings true.

[NB: This review neccessarily omits my story in this collection]